Fereshteh Besharati

School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

[ 1 ] - Adult Functional Health Literacy and its Related Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background and aims: Health literacy (HL) can affect individual health, health communication anderror in taking medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the level of HL and associated factorsamong Iranian adults.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 240 participants over 18 years of age referring to health centersin Hamadan, west of Iran in 2015 were selected b...

[ 2 ] - INTERNET ADDICTION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF STUDENTS: AN APPLICATION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT THEORY

Background & Aims: The Internet has become so pervasive that has affected most life skills, including communication skills. Because of easy and daily access to the Internet and need to seek to expand their communication network, students are a vulnerable group of the society to the internet addiction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and stude...